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Jong-Eon Chin, Suhn-Young Im, Hwanghee Blaise Lee, Na-Young Kang, Jeong-Nam Park, and Suk Bai
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Genetics ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,biology ,Strain (chemistry) ,Saccharomyces cerevisiae ,Bioengineering ,Promoter ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Yeast ,Enzyme ,Biochemistry ,chemistry ,biology.protein ,Amylase ,Gene ,Biotechnology ,Alcohol dehydrogenase - Abstract
The gene encoding Schwanniomyces occidentalis α-amylase (AMY) was introduced into the chromosomal δ sequences of an industrial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To obtain a strain suitable for commercial use, an δ-integrative cassette devoid of bacterial DNA sequences was constructed that contains the AMY gene and aureobasidin A resistance gene (AUR1-C) as the selection marker. The AMY gene was expressed under the control of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene promoter (ADC1p). The α-amylase activity of Sacc. cerevisiae transformed with this integrative cassette was 6 times higher than that of Sch. occidentalis. The transformants (integrants) were mitotically stable after 100 generations in nonselective medium.
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- 2003
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